Highways Traffic Flow Data & Forecasts To 2051 from the GB Freight Model

Client: National Highways
Date: 2021
Summary: Supply of data on HGV traffic flows and production of forecasts to 2040 for use in new Regional Traffic Models being developed by team of consultants

The Questions:

• What road freight traffic starts, ends and passes through England?
• How might road freight traffic develop up to 2051 under a ‘business as usual’ scenario?

The Solution:

• Road freight O-D matrix provided from the GB Freight Model for England for 2019 for 7,000 zones
• Road freight forecasts developed using economic and demographic drivers for domestic freight traffic and trade forecasts for international traffic

Outcome

Baseline data and forecasts used in Regional Transport Models developed by consultants